Denise Lee tells her story of how she came to be addicted to drugs and her journey to recovery and the help and support she received through the WIOA, WORC and POWER programs.
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E66: Transforming Lives: Stories of Reentry, Recovery, and Opportunity
The New River/Mount Rogers Workforce Development Board is transforming lives through impactful programs and partnerships. In this episode, you’ll hear uplifting stories of second chances from former inmates gaining employment after reentering society, a woman rebuilding her life in recovery from substance abuse, nursing students graduating with support through workforce grants, and a manufacturing business…
Cheri H. was referred to Goodwill by the Radford Virginia Employment Commission office in late November 2017. Cheri had decided to re-enter the workforce because of a downturn in her husband’s income, after being a stay at home mother for several years. She had just been let go from a job that she had just… Read more »
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Dawn, Registered Nurse
Transitions from one stage of development to another are critical in life. Watching this process may challenge our confidence, patience, and faith, but witnessing such a transition leaves an impression not soon forgotten. Just such a transition occurred in the Pathways to the American Dream project as one participant, Dawn Thorne, transitioned from student to… Read more »